Mitsubishi bosses apologise for using US PoWs as forced labour

Bosses from a major Japanese corporation have issued an unprecedented apology to a 94-year-old US prisoner of war for using American PoWs for forced labour during the Second World War.

James Murphy, of Santa Maria, California, accepted the apology he had sought for 70 years on behalf of the PoWs from Mitsubishi Materials executives, who said they felt a “deep sense of ethical responsibility for a past tragedy”.